State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 133

In which movement did Mahatma Gandhi first use the hunger strike as a weapon?

  1. Non-Cooperation Movement
  2. Bardoli Satyagraha
  3. Ahmedabad (mill) strike
  4. Rowlatt Satyagraha
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (C) Ahmedabad (mill) strike

स्पष्टीकरण

In March 1918 Gandhi fasted to support Ahmedabad mill workers, winning a 35% wage increase.

  • (A) चूक

    Wrong: later (1920–22).

  • (B) चूक

    Wrong: led by Vallabhbhai Patel (1928).

  • (C) बरोबर

    Correct: Gandhi's first hunger strike was during the 1918 Ahmedabad mill strike.

  • (D) चूक

    Wrong: came after (1919).